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Stanford Lake College hosted a very successful Africa Regional Round Square Conference from Wednesday, 29 April to Sunday, 3 May 2009.  The Conference theme was “A new look at the environment!” and the main aim was to teach delegates that the environment is not only nature, but includes anything and everything around you!

On the 1^st of May, delegates were seen walking about with chains around their necks.  This activity was done for three reasons: to experience the slavery of many years ago; to reflect on issues in their own lives that are holding them back and thirdly, “to free the children from the shackles of privilege”, which was one of Kurt Hahn’s [Founder of Round Square] famous sayings.

A visit to the local organic farm, Wegraakbosch, gave them more insight into the management of a sustainable farm.  Delegates were kept busy with service projects at the Appel School in Magoebaskloof.  Here, they equipped a science lab, removed exotic plants and vegetation and built a vegetable cage to prevent monkeys from stealing the produce.

Many discussions were held with the delegates and one of the most interesting topics was the influences of the South African elections on the rest of Africa. Other keynote speakers included Prof. Hugo van Rooyen from the University of Johannesburg, who introduced the seven components of the environment.  Dr Antoaneta Letsoalo, Head of Climate Change, LEDET, Limpopo, helped the delegates to calculate their personal environment footprints and they came to the conclusion that they would need 7 earths to sustain their current lifestyles – a serious wake-up call for everyone!

During the closing function, all 150 children and 40 adults from schools in Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Canada, India and South Africa, pledged in their conference statement to be part of the process to create a more sustainable world.  This was done to the theme of the well-known song “Don’t kill the World” and left everyone feeling uplifted and responsible for their own actions.

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